Crewel Embroidery Origin Traced to Egypt and Early England
The article traces crewel embroidery to ancient Egypt with colored wool on woven ground and notes its later practice in England. It suggests itinerant embroiderers formed designs from patrons coats of arms and local life, using no fixed design school and filling spaces with natural motifs.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
England
Columbus Egg Stand Story
A writer in the Washington Star notes the tale linked to Columbus and Benzoni that at a Barcelona banquet he made an egg stand on end by breaking its shell gently. The act illustrated how easily others could follow him to the Indies and the New World.
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Columbus
Benzoni
Washington Star
Columus
Barcelona
Pedro Gonzales de Mendoza
Spain
Indies
New World
Reindeer Men Paint Works Found in Les Eyzees Cave
Evidence from a southern France cave shows early humans 25 000 years ago lived and died there. Wall paintings depict animals in bright colors indicating artistic skill and knowledge of paint making from earth tones mixed with animal fats in reindeer bone vessels. Nut meats preservation via water bath canning described with steps and storage guidance in a dark room.
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Les Eyzees
France
Violena Instrument From Leningrad Aims To Re-create Orchestra
Vladimir A. Gurov and Lucien M. Varvich claim the violena from Leningrad can transform through a dial into a bass viol a guitar and a flute among other instruments. The device supposedly reproduces many instruments faithfully in one.
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Leningrad
Russia
Vladimir A. Gurov
Lucien M. Varvich
How Plays Were Enlivened The Mysteries Of Middle Ages
Religious mystery plays of the Middle Ages were spiced with comic elements to entertain spectators. Beelzebub served as the principal comic actor, aided by a troupe of under-devils whose noises and strange gestures lightened the lengthy speeches.
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Beelzebub
How British Races Are Divided
The population of the British Empire is distributed according to race. Whites 70,000,000 Indians 365,000,000 blacks 42,000,000 Arabs 7,000,000 Malays 7,000,000 Chinese Polynesians 1,000,000 others 2,000,000.
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British Empire
How to Clean Crystal Chandeliers
Cleaning crystal chandeliers requires gentle handling and careful dusting. Use a soft cloth and mild cleaner to wipe strands and prisms, then polish the pieces with a dry cloth to restore sparkle. Remove any grime buildup by repeating lightly and avoiding harsh chemicals on delicate metal mounts.
Cockateed and Jamshyd: Myths and a Parrot Verse
A fragment describes the cockateed as a small cockatoo variety with gray plumage and lemon crest. It then recounts Jamshyd, King of the Peris in Persian myth, punished for boasting of immortality and living on earth as a mighty Persian ruler for 700 years, 300 seen.
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Jamshyd
Peri
Peris
Earth
Persia
Expexy Reunion Brings Club Members Back To School Lawn
Twelve Expexy Club members and families gather for a pleasant reunion on the Dalton high school lawn. The nineteen girls formed in 1904 in Dalton, with one family death to date. A 6 p.m. picnic followed under shade trees with guests from Canton Akron Massillon Cleveland and Hollywood California.
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Dalton High School
Cora Erwin
Joella Poorman
Leona Arnold
Ada Goudy
Jeannette Tracy
This Place
Pearl Burkholder
Canton
Nora Arnold
Massillon
Ellen Andree
Hazel Shriber
Stella Bridenstone
Akron
Grace Young
Cleveland
Iris Cunningham Dodd
Hollywood
Calif
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